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eyemeansit

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2008-09-05

Posts: 14

OpenOffice won't use KDE 4.1 color scheme

I prefer a dark color scheme (currently using "Obsidian Coast [Sunset]"), but OpenOffice "does it's own thing," with an ugly light blue/grey. Does anyone know how to fix this?

drewbug01

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From: chicago

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 85

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Re: OpenOffice won't use KDE 4.1 color scheme

this google search may interest you

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Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 642

Re: OpenOffice won't use KDE 4.1 color scheme

Seems that this project died. is there another way to change color scheme on KDE (beside doing it manually in Tools->Options->Appearance)?

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2009-01-28 21:56:48)

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Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: OpenOffice won't use KDE 4.1 color scheme

Try putting 'export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde' or even 'export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome' in your .profile or something, and logging out / in (echo $OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP should return kde or gnome depending on what you used).

I don't know what the former does (hoping it makes OpenOffice use the Qt toolkit), but I know the latter makes it use the GTK toolkit, which you can then set or use a package to make like the Qt one (KDE is Qt), or whatever.

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: OpenOffice won't use KDE 4.1 color scheme

See our OOo wiki page!